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Definition of Knee-high
1. Noun. A sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees.
2. Adverb. Up to the knees. "We were standing knee-deep in the water"
Definition of Knee-high
1. Adjective. Something that reaches to the height of one's knees. ¹
2. Noun. (US usually in the plural) A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knee-high
Literary usage of Knee-high
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"knee-high to a bantam, to a duck, to a toad, &c. A ludicrous description indicating
short stature. 1824 He has lived with me ever since he was " knee high ..."
2. Hawthorn and Lavender, with Other Verses by William Ernest HENLEY (1901)
"LONDON TYPES BEEF-EATER £1 HIS beat lies knee-high through a dust of story— A
dust of terror and torture, grief and crime; Ghosts that are ENGLAND'S wonder, ..."
3. Hawthorn and Lavender, with Other Verses by William Ernest Henley (1901)
"BEEF-EATER & HIS beat lies knee-high through a dust of story— A dust of terror
and torture, grief and crime; Ghosts that are ENGLAND'S wonder, and shame, ..."
4. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"Snew again at night; it was ye deepest snow I ever remembred, lying about knee
high of a man every where without any great drifts. Dec. 19. ..."
5. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"Knee high to a Mosquito. A common hyperbolical expression to ... In New England, "
knee high to a toad." The latest expression is " knee high to a chaw of ..."
6. The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys: A Guide and Text-book of Games of by Henry Chadwick (1884)
"There are three classes of balls pitched for the batsman to strike at—viz., shoulder
high, hip high, and knee high. If you can swing a heavy bat handily and ..."
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